A first-of-its-kind analysis of New York City’s street vendors that highlights their vital role in advancing small business ownership, economic opportunity, and cultural vibrancy throughout the city.
Buffalo’s growing immigrant population is helping strengthen the local economy, expand the workforce, and create new opportunities for long-term population and community growth.
People who are undocumented work in a wide range of jobs and pay taxes, and will reduce this country’s longterm deficit, according to two parallel reports released today by Immigration…
A demographic and economic profile of Black immigrant college graduates in the United States, highlighting where they live, the industries they work in, and the important contributions they make to…
Drawing on lessons from the Mariel Boatlift, this piece examines how welcoming policies and immigrant inclusion can strengthen local economies and communities during periods of increased migration.
“Hidden in Plain Sight” highlights demographics of black immigrants in the U.S. and uplifts the community organizations working to support, advocate for, and build community for Black immigrant populations.
A collaborative report from IRI and Boston Indicators examining how immigrants strengthen the Great Boston’s economy, workforce, neighborhoods, and long-term regional growth.
A significant increase in the number of asylum seekers and new immigrant families have arrived in United States since 2022. To better understand the long-term prospects for these newly arriving families,…
Two important proposals and to help address the lack of emergency housing for new immigrant arrivals and the longstanding unhoused and rent-burdened populations in New York City Since the spring…
“Let us work” is one plea from recent asylum seekers that a wide range of public officials and advocates seem eager to get behind. In this paper, Immigration Research Initiative…